The best earth observation space startups
27 earth observation companies in the directory, ranked by disclosed funding ($590.6M raised between them), spanning 11 countries.
Satellites that watch the planet: optical, thermal, hyperspectral and radar. Earth observation has quietly become one of the most commercially proven corners of the space economy, selling data to agriculture, insurance, energy and defense.
Planet GraduatedImaging services
Spire GraduatedSpace to cloud analytics
GHGSat Monitoring greenhouse gases
Pixxel Nanosatellite constellation
Capella Space AcquiredGathering information from space
FluroSat AcquiredCrop monitoring and analytics
Earthcube AcquiredMonitoring solutions powered by automation
Sensar AcquiredTracking civil engineering risks using satellites
AIRMO Satellite constellation measuring methane and greenhouse gas emissions in near real time
Albedo Very-low-Earth-orbit satellites capturing 10 cm optical and thermal imagery
Array Labs Formation-flying radar satellites building 3D maps of the entire planet
Axelspace GraduatedOptical microsatellites for Earth observation and custom customer missions.
ConstellR Surface temperature monitoring
Hawkeye 360 Global intelligence network
HEO Robotics Space object inspection
Hydrosat Plant health monitored by satellites
Iceye Timely and reliable satellite imagery
iQPS GraduatedSmall SAR satellites delivering all-weather Earth observation imagery.
Kuva Space Hyperspectral microsatellite constellation for agriculture, environment and defense insights
Muon Space Developer of a space-based constellation platform
Orbital Lasers Space-based lasers for debris detumbling, plus satellite LiDAR.
Picterra Artificial intelligence for Earth imaging
RoGo Fire Fighting wildlife fires with intelligence
SatVu Thermal imaging satellites measuring the heat signature of any building on Earth
SkyWatch Earth observation data
Synspective GraduatedBuilds and operates the StriX constellation of small SAR Earth-observation satellites.
Tropical Weather Analytics, Inc. Hurricane and weather forecasting
How many earth observation space startups are there in 2026?
Space Bandits tracks 27 earth observation companies, 18 of them active, with $590.6M in disclosed funding between them. Every funding figure carries a source.
Which earth observation startup has raised the most?
Planet leads the earth observation sector with $183.1M in disclosed funding.
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